Honestly people, I post the story and go to sleep. When I woke up, I already had 7 on favs and follows and 4 reviews in under 6 hours. Before I slept, there was already a follow and favorite. After school I see I have at least 12 followers on the first day with another coming every few hours and it's still going. The moment I posted this its at 37 follows and 25 favs. Are Fate stories really this popular? Anyway here is the next chapter, twice as long.
King of fans: *facepalms* wow, how did you miss the hints I put out there. How many canon Servants can you think of can pull out Kirche's name in a second. None.
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*Edit: Changed Right to Left. My bad.
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Chapter 2: Of Shattered Psyches
Louise slowly regained awareness as she looked around. She tried to analyze the situation she found herself in but couldn't seem to. The girl felt a hand on her shoulder and was shook around a little.
"I did it!" She suddenly yelled. The students in the room looked at her. "I summoned a familiar. I am not a 'Zero'!"
"You were never worthless" said Vallière from her position in front of her. "Just specialized." She stepped forward and looked around the room she was summoned under. "This brings back memories of back then."
Louise's eyes and mind fully took in the situation. She wanted to know more. "Are you a successful wizard?"
Vallière smiled. "Yes I am. I am a possible future after all." Louise finally sat down on the floor after hearing herself speak, trying to properly comprehend the event.
"Excuse me, you are Louise Vallière? Am I correct?" Professed Colbert asked. He was pointing his wand diagonally downwards. Showing that he would be willing to defend the students if necessary
The woman laughed a little. "You don't need to do that." She said as she gestured her hand away. "I am the person known as Louise Vallière but I dropped that name a long time ago. Nowadays, it's either just Vallière, Servant Caster or the 'Mistress of the Void'". She enjoyed the gobsmacked looks her former classmates, teacher and past self had.
"V-void! But that's Brimir's element." Louise stammered out. She couldn't believe that Vallière was saying she was a Void user. Which in turn made her a Void user.
"Void is just another element. An advanced natural element but still an element." Vallière said and clapped her hands together. "For example" she took out a wand made of metal and pointed it to her side. "Pocket". A colorless, circle hole appeared in the air and Vallière stuck her hand in it. She pulled it out along with a book. "Can the 4 elements do this?" She said as the room responded in silence. "That's what I thought."
"Servant Caster, what does that name mean?" Colbert asked staring at the elder Vallière. "I can understand Vallière as your last name and 'Mistress of the Void' as your title but not Caster."
Vallière looked thoughtful. "I would explain it in full detail but we don't have the time." She shook her head as she picked up Louise from her sitting position with ease. "I would like to meet you and the Headmaster tonight if he has the time."
Colbert nodded. "I'll see what I can do. You may move away from the circles. We still have students who need their familiars." Vallière nodded as she hauled Louise away from the center of the room. With her gone, the rituals continued.
The last student attempting to summon a familiar got a small bird. When the student got back into place, Colbert got in front of the group and spoke into his wand substituting a microphone using Air magic. "I do hope you managed to summon the familiar you wanted. Please note that the kind of familiar you summoned reflects you're element and yourself. With that, the Springtime Summoning Ritual is finished. You are allowed to go back into your rooms." After the professor's speech, the nobles left the room with their familiars following them.
Among those leaving is Vallière. The woman carried a Louise she put to sleep with a spell and brought her back to the room. Holding her younger self with a void based levitation spell, she entered the bedroom. Carefully, she set the girl down on her bed and got rid of her spell.
With Louise safe in bed, she looked around her room. The ornate dresser and and walk on closet was still there befitting of every noble on the planet. She checked the drawers of the dresser and the night stand when she found something. She pulled out a leather whip, made with high quality skin.
"I remember this." Vallière murmured aloud. "This was my first weapon when I ventured out. The feels smaller in my hands now." She set the whip back inside the drawer and looked at the sleeping form of Louise and made a small smile.
"Sweet dreams." She said as she stared at the newly formed Command Seals on Louise's hand. Blood red lines traced on it as it pulsed with power. Sighing, she pulled out her wand and pointed it at herself. "Let's get back to work. Pocket Dimension" and her form swirled around and vanished. Leaving a small tear in reality acting as a door in the center of the floor.
She dreamed of a strange workshop. It looked so foreign to her. Apparatuses of all kinds for different purposes were lined up on tables and walls. The ceiling was quite tall and there were pillars on the corners of the room.
"So how do you find the world you want to enter Zelretch?" The voice of the older pinkette said as she curiously stared at the tools around her, trying to identify their purpose. An old man behind her laughed loudly as he walked.
"Eager much? I can see you getting along with my apprentices quite easily." The elderly man waved a hand. "I don't normally do this but since you are not actually using the Kaleidoscope I can give you some tips."
Zelretch began explaining. "The first thing you should know is that every world is unique. The multiverse is vast and sometimes it just splits when someone chooses to move left or right. There are entire clusters of the same world because someone made a different decision. This is the importance of finding that world's magic signature."
She watched as she opened a small opening of her pocket world and pulled out a notebook. Her hand quickly and cleanly wrote the main details of her impromptu lesson. Her head looked upwards to see Zelretch nodding in appreciation.
"Very good. Looks like you were serious about your dream. Anyway I devised this mystery based on the concept of all those fingerprint scanners. First off, you need a special Formalcraft circle in order to gather the energy of the world." She continued to listen to the man as he moved onward with his explanation. There were times he used terms she didn't understand as of yet and wrote them down for later study. The lesson went on as she found herself listening and writing.
"And that is how you find the magic signature of a given world." Her teacher finished as he clapped his hands. Suddenly, he seemingly teleported in front of her and snatched her notebook. She felt indignation, rage and a hint of embarrassment as he appeared to read her notes.
"This is impressive. While you didn't understand part of what I said you were more attentive than Tohsaka." He flipped the notebook to the first few pages and blinked. She could have sworn he was surprised. "An Element of Void and Origin of Space! These are grounds for reality benders. Do you have anything that is made with your magic." He asked.
She watched as she used an incantation to open a larger door to her pocket world and entered. Zelretch bent down near the tear in reality outside and whistled. "A workshop you can bring with you and always accessible!" He then entered himself and saw the interior of a room filled with a number of books, a study and a bunch of materials for different kinds of magecraft. "Kid, you are most likely the envy of every magus on the planet. How did you do this?"
Vallière rubbed her head. "I only visualized the room first before I made it. I couldn't remember the rest of the process but I made it. A place to store all my information and things I carry through my journeys. Big enough for it's purpose and then I opened the door."
The man laughed once again with more mirth. "You made a pocket dimension because you needed a workshop. Hah! Not even the my mysteries could pull that off. Sure there are ways to increase space but to do so on a whim." His voice trailed away as his faced looked thoughtful.
"Tell you what, you seem like a fast learner. I propose that you stay in the Clocktower to study as much as you can under my tutelage. In a few years, you can come with me to various worlds along with my current apprentice and record any information you get there." The Sorcerer laid out his deal.
Vallière thought about it. "I can handle the other magi since they are like the nobles back home. But what is your angle?" She asked looking around the room. "If the rumors I heard had some truth, you are a troll of the highest order. Whatever that meant." She muttered the last part quietly.
"Looks like we are gonna have to bring you up to speed. Anyway I don't have a reason to help you other than boredom." He held his hand out to her. "Are you willing to do what it takes?"
Vallière quickly took his hand. "Even if I have to cross continents to do so." Zelretch smiled at her prideful response. Little did she know that she signed up for I one way ticket to hell.
"Then I'll make you eat those words." The Dead Apostle said with his prankster face on.
And so, Louise dreamed of magecraft, connections and a fellow dimension hopper.
An hour later, Vallière walked up the tower towards the headmaster's office and stood at the door. She remembered that the man who ran the school means well, and that he is also a pervert. The woman quickly casted a spell to cover her undersides with a black smog. Comfortable with her protections she entered the room and saw the two faculty members to talk to her, Headmaster Osmond and Professor Colbert.
"You're welcome to sit Ms. Vallière." The headmaster said as he cleared his desk of any papers that were out. His familiar mouse went around the room and near the girl. "You said you wanted to talk to me."
"Indeed I have." Vallière said with a respectful nod. "While I am here, I request to be a teacher for as long as my Master stays in the school."
"In all of my life I've never thought that a familiar would want to be a teacher." Colbert said as he sipped his drink.
"I didn't spend 240 years of learning different systems of magic to not spread knowledge about it." Vallière spoke casually. Completely aware that the headmaster paled and her favorite teacher spat his drink.
"240 years, only elves have been rumored to live that long. How are you still alive? " the teacher asked his question in reverence.
"I did say that I am a future version of Louise so I suppose I shall tell you a story first." She said she prepared herself.
"To begin with, my story started on the same day the Springtime Summoning Rituals began. In my timeline, I couldn't summon a familiar because nothing out there in the world suited me. The night after, you expelled me and sent me home.
Back in the grounds of my estate, I found a secret. Whether it was coincidence or fate I never knew. Somewhere hidden within our library was an unreadable book, found and bought by my family in order to discern it's contents. They failed until I came along. The book was the first of it's kind allowing only those holding the Void element the ability to read it.
When I read the tome there were many useful spells from every element there. Methods to gather magic energy. Complex calculations and formulas used for interesting results. Shame only I could at least understand it. Anyone I told it to looked very confused.
From there, my passion was ignited. I wanted to study as much magic as I could even if I can't use it. I asked my family to buy undecipherable tomes no one could read at first. They were mostly the same as the first one because they're all protected by a small but potent enchantment. Something people from here couldn't break due to lack of knowledge.
Months later I decided that I wanted to leave my home and go out into the world all for the sake of searching for new magic. I cannot remember for the life of me the reason why but I don't regret my decision. However my decision was somewhat delayed. I trust you can guess the reason."
Osmond put a hand on his chin. "The Reconquista. A rebel group currently in Albion. But I don't know how that affected your story."
Vallière's eyes sneered and her face had an angry visage. "That bastard played me like a toy and if it wasn't for me utilizing 'World Door' then I would have been stuck as a mindless drone serving a lesser man."
Colbert watched the woman with a raised eyebrow. "And who could you possibly hate that much to speak with such venom?"
"If you followed the past events of my family, you will find the set me up with someone without prior knowledge incase I failed in my magic."
The headmaster raised an eyebrow as he recalled those moments. "Did you mean Viscount Wardes?" For a brief moment, he felt a flare of magic energy from Vallière before it died down.
"Don't speak about that man near me ever." Vallière snarled before calming down. Silent tension rose as the headmaster signed something and grabbed a piece of parchment.
"Well, getting back on topic you should be able to teach in two days from now. If you recall there is a rest day tomorrow for everyone to get used to their familiars correct."
"I do. I've been meaning to show Louise the full power of her magic for a while." Vallière said as she read the employee's contract.
"Speaking of power." Colbert spoke with a worried look. "Do you not worry about the church because of your element?"
The woman scoffed. "My main duty as a Counter Guardian is to keep humanity alive and ensure they don't kill themselves. I've dealt with worse threats than regular priests in robes. Unless they intend to destroy humanity I don't care."
After going through several agreements and disputes, Vallière walked out of the office as a teacher in the academy. Within the room two men conversed about their new coworker.
"Do you think Ms. Vallière can bring change to the world headmaster?" Professor Colbert asked his boss.
"I believe this lady can help our country prosper." He said and facefaulted. "But I couldn't see what kind of panties she wore. It must be some kind of spell, my familiar couldn't see anything."
Colbert sighed in resignation. Why did his boss try to peek every chance he could get he would never understand. At least he somewhat understands the pain of keeping Osmond in check.
Like Servant Archer being referred to as EMIYA, Servant Caster would be known as VALLIÈRE but there won't be many caps because that would be a pain. Also I can't have VALLIÈRE's full knowledge of the timeline because I don't want a Peggy Sue. Things get peachy if I go down that route. Speaking of VALLIÈRE, here is her stats
Servant's Name: Louise Vallière
Title: Mistress of the Void, Zero
Class: Caster [A-rank], Saber [C-rank]
Height/Weight:
Alignment: Neutral Good
Parameters
Strength: C
Agility: C
Luck: B+
Endurance: C-
Mana: A++
Noble Phantasm: A++
Skills
Magecraft [A++]
Through the course of her journeys throughout a large number of worlds, Vallière has learned and utilized a vast number of spells over different magic systems of countless worlds.
Mana Burst(Supercharge) (Passive) [A]
Vallière controls Prana at its strongest form that all non Void-magic based attacks increase in rank by one, causes delayed explosions and penetrates C-ranked Magic Resistance.
Discernment of the Poor [C]
After being betrayed, she has trained herself to watch her back against possible backstabbers. At this rank, the skill allows her to see the general intention of people and let's her know who is an ally or enemy.
Item Storage: Pocket Dimension [EX]
A spell Vallière developed for her personal use. Big enough to house a large and fully furnished workshop and records of her magic. Food and other perishables placed within have their expiration dates paused. She can also put herself in it to hide away but leaves a small sapling shaped crack in reality.
Double Summon [B]
A rare skill that allows Vallière to have the Archer's class skill Independent Action [B]
Noble Phantasms
Power to Bend Reality: Legacy of the Void [A++] [Anti-Unit Self]
Vallière's element of Void alone was enough change the world as she saw fit. Combined with her wide knowledge of magic allows her to use the full power of her element to its full potential. From warping space to change distance, summoning temporary familiars to fight, to creating her own Pocket Workshop. Vallière knows how to fully to advantage of one of the most difficult elements to master.
Traveling Between Worlds: World Door [EX] [Anti-World]
Vallière's main method of travelling worlds. She opens a tall doorway that connects to adjacent or marked worlds. Using it randomly will send the user to another reality. The user has the requirement to mark a planet as to fast travel to it without following a memorized path within the multiverse. She can also use it to transport to any marked location in any world bar anti-teleportation bounded fields
Brimir's Left Hand of God: Derflinger [A] [Anti-Unit]
A magic sapient sword Vallière somehow managed to acquire. It was used previously by Brimir, the last known Void user in Halkeginia. Derflinger while disguising himself as a rusted common sword lowers his rankings to opponents until C. By invoking his True Name, he can remove the rust to show his true strength. In both forms he can absorb low to mid level magic and add their strength to his own. Opposing magic touching the blade will be drained.
Hope you liked the Servant stats. Remember, Saito is not here and like the description said, Derflinger still stays with Vallière because he balances out her weakness, CQC. That sword was meant to follow a Void Mage's command
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